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www.computerworld.com

Microsoft is in the midst of an unprecedented, massive upgrade cycle for its enterprise software products, a refresh wave that represents a major challenge for CIOs and IT managers responsible for charting their companies' technology strategy....

blogs.wsj.com

Apple may be going against the wishes of its late co-founder Steve Jobs. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Apple is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a screen size of around 8 inches. That’s smaller than the iPad 2′s current 9.7-inch...

www.theverge.com

The New York Times has just announced that it will be partnering with digital publishing services Byliner and Vook to release a combination of original work and existing stories as ebooks. In the next year, the Times and Byliner — which commissions long-form stories for online publication — will...

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www.fastcompany.com

In our early days, it was a thing that we'd answer every email. People liked that. But then there were thousands of emails a day. It was an avalanche. You were told to work with blinders on, just work through it, and do as much as you can and try...

www.wired.com

Today, countless websites are facing the epic amounts of online data that first hit Facebook a half decade ago. But according to Facebook engineering bigwig Jay Parikh, these sites have it so much easier. That’s because many of the web’s largest operations — including Facebook — spent the last...

techcrunch.com

It’s no secret that most lawyers are not on the cutting edge of technology. And while the internet has been great for many businesses, it’s buried lawyers in an avalanche of digital data they are ill equipped to manage. This has driven the growth of an entire “eDiscovery” industry, with...

venturebeat.com

Here we are in 2012, and while some fatalists are predicting the end of civilization, I’m going to predict another kind of end. This year will see an end to the current avalanche of investing in what I call “app lifestyle” companies, which have little to no hope of ever...

www.businessinsider.com

Cody Brown, co-founder of interactive web design tool Scroll Kit, is in the midst of some legal trouble with The New York Times. Last year, The New York Times published Snow Fall, an interactive, multimedia report detailing the February 2012 avalanche at Tunnel Creek. Inspired by the presentation, Brown replicated Snow Fall...

allthingsd.com

So this is what all those lawyers have been up to. For anyone wondering if all of those hundreds of attorneys were really working on Apple v. Samsung, Thursday’s avalanche of paperwork makes it clear that they were. On Thursday alone, dozens of documents were filed or unsealed as a...

www.pcworld.com

Windows 8 is here. In form and functionality, the new flagship operating system is the most dramatic makeover of Windows since its inception. Windows 8 was developed from the ground up with a touch-enabled interface that works best when tapped and swiped. Under the hood, the same old Windows...

torrentfreak.com

In recent months the number of DMCA takedown requests sent out by copyright holders has increased dramatically, and it’s starting to turn the Internet into a big mess. One of the problems is that many rightsholders use completely automated systems to inform Google and other sites of infringements. That these...

torrentfreak.com

For years entertainment industry groups have been demanding that Google does something about the “pirate sites” showing up in their search results. Google has responded to these concerns by taking a variety of measures aimed at decreasing copyright infringement. Last year they removed “piracy” related terms from their Instant and...

www.engadget.com

Fujitsu's original ScanSnap S1300 earned a soft spot in our hearts -- no mean feat for a scanner -- so it's with piqued interest that we catch word of a direct upgrade. The S1300i is all about serving those of us who might never send scan results to a...

www.betabeat.com

Roboinvest's "copy trading" feature. Investing, in all its forms, lends itself to groupthink and follow-ons. Everyone wants to know what everyone else is doing. Did Warren Buffet invest? What does Jim Cramer say? In New York's venture capital scene, VCs want to follow Fred Wilson. When it comes to plunking...

www.engadget.com

It's pretty clear HP is all about monitors at this year's CES -- in fact, that's pretty much all it announced, with the exception of a couple laptops. All told, we've detailed 10 models here, and that's not even counting that USB-powered one we wrote up in a separate...

tech.fortune.cnn.com

HP CEO Mark Hurd outlined the company's enterprise strategy for financial analysts on Monday. Image: HP webcast I was sitting with Mark Hurd on the patio outside his Palo Alto office exactly four months ago when he made it crystal clear that an avalanche of pink slips was coming. At...

www.pcworld.com

As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want to see stronger online enforcement, U.S. lawmakers...

www.businessinsider.com

The new iPad reviews are in. New York Times' tech guru has his own take on Apple's new tablet. He likes it. But while Pogue does seem to like the new iPad's high-resolution Retina display, better camera, and 4G LTE data speeds, he pegs the device as just a...

thenextweb.com

Just one day after rolling out Google+ widgets for Blogger, Google has added yet another new feature to its blogging platform – the ability to add photos and videos using your webcam. The new feature is pretty straightforward: To add photos from your webcam, choose “Insert Image”, select “from your webcam”...

pandodaily.com

About three minutes ago, our lead developer flipped the switch (pushed the button? I’m not entirely sure how technology works) to begin selling subscriptions to the Print Edition of NSFWCORP. As I wrote last week, the move into print is a huge step for us — possibly the most important...

allthingsd.com

An avalanche of privately held Facebook shares could begin hitting the market this week — potentially putting further pressure on the company’s stock — as rules expire that have kept some early investors from cashing out. Angel investor Peter Thiel and venture-capital firm Accel Partners are among early backers who...

www.engadget.com

Radio telescope operators have as much of a problem coping with the avalanche of data as getting that information in the first place. The Victoria University of Wellington is all too aware and is leaning on IBM for a powerful (if very tongue-tying) iDataPlex dx360 M3 compute cluster to...

www.techdirt.com

Well, we've certainly heard plenty about DRM and shoehorned-in multiplayer recently, what with EA's recent Hindenburgish SimCity "launch." As was detailed all over the web, the only people hurt by these "features" were paying customers, many of whom spent $50-60 for a server Roulette wheel that limited users to...

www.businessinsider.com

Facebook's mobile user base surged 13 percent in the fourth quarter of last year to 680 million, according to Facebook fourth quarter results. That's the fastest sequential quarterly gain in monthly active users (MAUs) on mobile since the first quarter of 2012. This avalanche of mobile users onto Facebook has given...

venturebeat.com

July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale In a global smartphone market that Android has been expanding at a breakneck pace, a bright spot for Apple has been increasing market share in the lucrative U.S. domestic market. A new report from the Yankee Group says...

www.techdirt.com

Well, we've certainly heard plenty about DRM and shoehorned-in multiplayer recently, what with EA's recent Hindenburgish SimCity "launch." As was detailed all over the web, the only people hurt by these "features" were paying customers, many of whom spent $50-60 for a server Roulette wheel that limited users to...